Word Origin & History

remove c.1300, from O.Fr. remouvoir, from L. removere "move back or away," from re- "back, away" + movere "to move" (see move). The noun is first recorded 1553, "act of removing;" sense of "space or interval by which one thing is distant from another" is attested from 1628.

Example Sentences for removed

He began to rebuild the palace and ordered that the rubbish be removed from the temples.

That exclamation, of course, removed the supposition entirely.

Andy glanced swiftly about the room and saw that the other bunks had been removed.

He removed from his lips the short corn-cob pipe he was smoking.

We have not conquered these fears of pain—rather their cause has been removed.

The weight on my mind was removed, and I felt happy and thankful.

They may have been removed there from the abbey for safety at the time of the dissolution.

And then, when the cover was removed, came the time of trial to your correspondent.